---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requiring electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidate who was nominated by the political party that nominated the presidential elector"
description: "Requires electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidate who were nominated by the political party that nominated the presidential elector."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 438"
citation: "New York S 438 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Skoufis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ace8d4c-88b0-4386-8051-dd1bc2ceaf00"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S438"
source_hash: "b641b9b7095b5614498dde9d335285331e2716de1e86649a5f4e984ea22d995f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 438 (2023-2024) — Relates to requiring electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidate who was nominated by the political party that nominated the presidential elector

Requires electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidate who were nominated by the political party that nominated the presidential elector.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S438** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S438&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **57–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Elections Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Skoufis — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-04** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** 1ST REPORT CAL.458
- **2023-03-09** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-03-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-31** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-31** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A928
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.672
- **2023-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-09-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-20** SIGNED CHAP.476 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ace8d4c-88b0-4386-8051-dd1bc2ceaf00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).